Godzilla (2014)

The world is beset by the appearance of monstrous creatures, but one of them may be the only one who can save humanity.

Director:

Gareth Edwards

Writers:

Max Borenstein (screenplay), Dave Callaham (story) (as David Callaham)

Stars:

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen, Bryan Cranston

6 wins & 31 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Aaron Taylor-Johnson	...	Ford Brody
CJ Adams	...	Young Ford
Ken Watanabe	...	Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Bryan Cranston	...	Joe Brody
Elizabeth Olsen	...	Elle Brody
Carson Bolde	...	Sam Brody
Sally Hawkins	...	Vivienne Graham
Juliette Binoche	...	Sandra Brody
David Strathairn	...	Admiral William Stenz
Richard T. Jones	...	Captain Russell Hampton
Victor Rasuk	...	Sergeant Tre Morales
Patrick Sabongui	...	Lieutenant Commander Marcus Waltz
Jared Keeso	...	Jump Master
Luc Roderique	...	Bomb Tracker
James Pizzinato	...	HALO Jumper

Storyline

In 1999, the Janjira nuclear plant was mysteriously destroyed with most hands lost including supervisor Joe Brody's colleague and wife, Sandra. Years later, Joe's son, Ford, a US Navy ordnance disposal officer, must go to Japan to help his estranged father who obsessively searches for the truth of the incident. In doing so, father and son discover the disaster's secret cause on the wreck's very grounds. This enables them to witness the reawakening of a terrible threat to all of Humanity, which is made all the worse with a second secret revival elsewhere. Against this cataclysm, the only hope for the world may be Godzilla, but the challenge for the King of the Monsters will be great even as Humanity struggles to understand the destructive ally they have.

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Plot Keywords:

atomic breath | halo parachute jump | u.s. navy | radiation | professor | 

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Taglines:

The king will rise

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Facebook [Brazil]

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

16 May 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nautilus

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$160,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$93,205,000, 18 May 2014, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$200,676,069

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$529,076,069

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Legendary Entertainment, Disruption Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the Janjira plant goes down, Ford Brody is attending a class about the life cycle of moths, completely with a moth that resembles Mothra (1961). Also seen in the classroom is a red pteranodon (that resembles Rodan (1956)) and a dinosaur skeleton (whose form resembles Godzilla (1954)).

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Goofs

After the second MUTO escapes the Yucca Mountain facility it heads toward and wreaks havoc upon the city of Las Vegas. However from Yucca Mountain, Las Vegas is in the exact opposite direction that the MUTO was supposed to be heading, which was toward the San Francisco Bay area.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Boyd: Dr. Serizawa? Jerry Boyd. I'm warning you, it's a mess. It's just a total mess. Monarch set me in this morning. Took a look around but I told them we need you.

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Crazy Credits

Played in slow motion the opening credits on the DVD show the blacked-out portions are actually a series of jokes wrapped around the remaining information.

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Carnosaur (2018)

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Soundtracks

Glad About That
Written by Arrow Brown
Performed by Linda Ballentine
Courtesy of The Numero Group
By arrangement with Bank Robber Music

User Reviews

"Let them fight".

The story is about a a gigantic beast looking to wreak havoc on mankind - and he may not be alone.

This movie has one of the best visual effect's of the year by far, The fight scenes at the end are so epic and amazing I also cried with joy. And some critics have said the characters are boring but I didn't mind them. My favorite scene has to be the sky driving part and yeah I know it only lasted only 2 minutes but the music was scary and chilling and the cinematography was beautiful to look at. Godzilla looked awesome in the movie and the final fight at the end was so bad-ass and so much better then pacific Rim fight scenes. Godzilla's roar in this movie was loud and scary. a lot of people said Godzilla didn't do anything in this movie and I didn't know what there where talking about, Godzilla walked around a couple of times and kicked ass at the end.